This is an analysis of the poem Cherry Ripe that begins with:

Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry,
Full and fair ones; come, and buy:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1111111 0101111 1111101 1110111 1011101 1110101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ripe is repeated.

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